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Sunday, January 11, 2009

LOVED. THIS. BOOK.

The characters felt so incredibly real I started thinking I could actually get on a boat to the Island of Guernsey and meet them all in the local Pub. I want to have tea with Juliet and Dawsey. Gosh, I want to meet that guy!

You know you love a book when you hold it close to your chest and weep a few tears because the experience is over. (I admit to slowing down a little just so I could make it last longer. Does anyone else do that?)

But one of the great things about books is that you can open it up and start all over again . . . and I ran straight to my local Amazon and bought copies to give away.

I also think it's so sad that the author, Mary Ann Shaffer, never got to see the great success and popularity of her novel, especially when she spent YEARS and YEARS researching and working on this wonderfully special book.

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[url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18889246-the-time-of-the-fireflies?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book]The Time of the Fireflies by Kimberley Griffiths Little[/url]

*** News***

The Healing Spell WON

The Whitney Award for the BEST YOUTH NOVEL OF 2010!!!

-AND IT'S A-

SCBWI Crystal Kite Finalist!

-AND-

A New Mexico Book Award Finalist!

Blurbs for THE HEALING SPELL!

"An incantational tale of Cajun magic and gators on the bayou and of the love and silence between mother and daughter." RICHARD PECK, Newbery-winning author

"Kimberley Griffiths Little's The Healing Spell is an atmospheric, affecting story of hope and devotion, as elegant and mysterious as bayou country itself."CYNTHIA LEITICH SMITH, acclaimed author of Tantalize and Eternal